New Map View Feature (to visualize where devices are located in your home)

A new image became available on my Tablet.

It includes the System Requirements of Android 9 or higher and Minimum 6GB of RAM!

THAT explains why I’m not seeing it on my Tablet! My Tablet only has 3GB :frowning:

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6gb seems like a rather big requirement for a GUI feature when it’s obviously kept on the cloud since it takes a few seconds to render when I select it on either of my two compatible devices. The GUI is just really walls and device ICONs so it’s interesting that it requires 6gb of RAM just to display the map. I get it that when building or editing the map might require all that RAM, but once the map is saved, it shouldn’t take that much RAM just to display the map on other devices.

That being said, if they bring the map feature to iOS with the same RAM limitation, then I’ll probably not be using this new map feature that much since I use my iPad Air 4 (4gb) as my daily driver.

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My Samsung A73 has 6Gb and running Android 13 and still i don’t get this map thing.

Can you confirm that you’re running SmartThings v 1.8.09.23 ?

Also, have you tried closing SmartThings in the background and restarting it?

On my Galaxy Note 10+ I had to close the app several times.

Definitely on 1.8.09.23.


I’ve opened and closed the app a least a few times a day.
Have forced closed and restarted the phone as well, it doesnt show on my daughters samsung s21fe either.

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Darn, looks like there is more to SmartThings Supported Devices than what they’ve stated :frowning:

I mean “Android Devices” is a pretty broad segment. It’s looking like it’s only “specific” Android Devices !

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You would think having a “Samsung” phone, it would supported, especially a S21FE and my Samsung A73 has similar specs to my daughters S21.
Its probably location based in the roll out, as here in Australia, we miss out on other things like labs and stuff.

Question for anyone who has set up a map view:

Does each “member” need to set up the map view or is it available to all once the owner sets it up?

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I set it up on my Note 10+

Just checked it out on my wife’s Note 10+ and it was there.

So looks like one member needs to set it up, then it’s available for others.

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After setting it up on my device, the only thing I had to do on my wife’s device was adjust the color scheme for the rooms/map as that did not carry over for some reason.

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Any idea if the Nov 7th v 1.7.09 iOS update includes the Map View feature?

Same for me no map icon in app v 1.8.10.21 - Galaxy S10 (8GB RAM & Android 12).

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@Marcin_K Galaxy S10. Clear app cache Force Stop and reload the app. You will get the map.
I have the map since day one on Galaxy S10.

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Nothing, just tried, same device, same hoop jumping… still a no show ?

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Thanks I do all steps with still no succes. I assume that there is some regional lock. (Poland)

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Same here, also from Poland, running on S10e and S22. App version updated.
No map view feature yet.

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It seems that I can only add three floors. Is anyone else able to add more?

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No map view for me here yet despite latest app version , reboots, reinstalls etc. galaxy s23 ultra android 14 and should have plenty of memory

I was not able to add more than three floors.

The “Add Floor” button disappears after the 3rd Floor is added.

Maybe that’s a future enhancement?

In the meantime, are you able to place two of your floors either side/by/side or one-above/one-below on the same page (floor) ?

Technically, I only have two floors, but I created a third “floor” called “Outside” to layout my outdoor and lawn devices. I wanted to create a fourth floor called “People” just for presence sensors because they don’t really go anywhere else, but I just added those to the “Outside” floor.

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